Mark David Chapman, Lennon's killer, denied parole for 8th time

Mark David Chapman, who gunned down Beatles legend John Lennon in 1980, was denied parole today for the eight time, the state Department of Corrections announced.

"After a review of the record and interview, the panel has determined that if released at this time, there is a reasonable probability that you would not live and remain at liberty without again violating the law," the panel said in a report.

Chapman will next appear before the parole board in two years, August 2016, and was first eligible for parole in December 2000. The state also released a new mugshot of Chapman taken on June 1, 2013.

The panel continued that “your release would be incompatible with the welfare of society and would so deprecate the serious nature of the crime as to undermine respect for the law.”

“This victim had displayed kindness to you earlier in the day, and your actions have devastated a family and those who loved the victim,” the panel said, alluding to Lennon signing a copy of an album for Chapman on that fatal day.